Han Bing finished a bowl of porridge, put down the spoon, wiped his mouth, and said calmly, “What do you want to tell me?” After all, he was his son. How could he not notice Han Luofan’s hesitation?
Han Luofan took a deep breath.
He knew that the question he was about to ask might doom him, but he still asked.
Han Luofan asked Han Bing, “She’s not my mother, right?”
Upon hearing this, the other two people in the room fell silent at the same time.
Han Bing looked up at Han Luofan with consideration in his eyes. Cai Jie also put down her chopsticks and bit her lower lip, her eyes red.
What else did Han Luofan not understand?
He tried to raise his head.
Looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle could stop tears from falling. Although these words were pretentious, they were indeed useful. Han Luofan sniffed deeply and suppressed the impulse to cry from being wronged. His Adam’s apple rolled before he asked, “Who is my mother?”
Cai Jie did not speak, and Han Bing remained silent.
Han Luofan suddenly collapsed and questioned Han Bing loudly, “Let me ask you, who is my mother!”
Han Bing looked up at him indifferently.
He asked, “Do you really want to know?”
Han Luofan nodded in a daze.
Han Bing smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes and looked cruel. He said, “Your mother is the culprit who caused Xiao Yue and me to suffer!”
Han Luofan was stunned.
He knew what had happened between his father and Yuan Ting. This was not a secret, but he had never thought that he was actually that woman’s child. Han Luofan felt that it was unbelievable, absurd, and unreasonable. He stood up in panic and muttered, “Impossible! Impossible. I’m clearly Mom’s child.”
“You gave birth to me when you got married!”
“How could I be that woman’s child!”
Han Luofan could not believe that this was true.
If he was Yuan Ting’s child, then why did he run to Ji Yinbing to show off!
Then what was his father’s attitude towards him all these years!
Was it hatred? Or resentment?
Her mother was the culprit behind her father and Ji Yue’s breakup. Then, wasn’t his existence a stain in his father’s first love’s relationship!
Han Luofan could not accept that his existence actually represented a stain, a stain.
Cai Jie cried and said, “Xiao Fan, what your father said is true.”
Han Luofan looked at Cai Jie with tears in his eyes. He was very careful and shouted almost pleadingly, “Mom!” Han Luofan quickly ran to Cai Jie’s side and hugged her. He begged her, “Mom, don’t speak. Tell me that this is fake.”
Cai Jie squeezed her son’s arm and shook her head in pain.
When she heard Ji Yue’s name a while ago, Cai Jie’s reaction was so big because she had already predicted that this day would come sooner or later. The mother and son image that they had maintained for more than thirty years was about to shatter.
Cai Jie said, “You are indeed Yuan Ting’s son. Yuan Ting was pregnant with you and wanted to threaten your father using the child’s status. Your father disagreed, but Yuan Ting insisted on giving birth to you. Later on, although your father accepted you, he refused to marry Yuan Ting.”
“How could he have married Yuan Ting! If not for Yuan Ting, he and Ji Yue wouldn’t have broken up. Ji Yue wouldn’t have gone to the Maldives to relax and wouldn’t have gone missing.”
“After Ji Yue died, your father gave up. He refused to marry Yuan Ting, but he had to find a woman to take care of you. I was a nurse, and I had experience taking care of people. At that time, I was your grandmother’s nanny. Brother Bing knew everything about me, so he confessed your identity to me and asked me to marry him to help take care of you in the future.”
All these years, Cai Jie and Han Bing had never had their own children.
Because before the marriage, Han Bing explained everything. He told Cai Jie that Han Luofan’s existence was a mistake in itself. He would not have children with any woman again. They had been married for more than thirty years. In the span of fourteen years, neither of them had slept together.
Cai Jie’s words made Han Luofan furious.
He couldn’t accept it for a moment. He let go of Cai and ran out dejectedly.
Cai Jie wiped her tears and quickly called the driver to ask him to follow Han Luofan and not let anything happen to him on impulse. After hanging up the phone, Cai Jie noticed that Han Bing remained silent. After so many years, Han Bing had raised Han Luofan by his side. His feelings for him were very complicated.
In the early years, Han Bing actually hated Han Luofan.
Later on, the child became more and more sensible. Although he did not take the political path and chose to do business, he was still considered good at doing business. Not only did Han Bing not say it, but he was actually proud of Han Luofan.
A few days ago, when he found out that Ji Yue’s disappearance might have something to do with Yuan Ting, Han Bing’s heart ached even more. All these years, he had actually kept the murderer’s child by his side and fed her well. The woman he loved had suffered so much in India.
Han Bing’s mood was complicated.
He did not know how to face Han Luofan. He knew that Han Luofan was innocent, but at the thought that he was Yuan Ting’s child, Han Bing felt…
Cai Jie walked over and asked Han Bing, “Brother Bing, are you sure Yuan Ting is behind Ji Yue’s disappearance?”
Han Bing nodded and said, “Most likely.”
Cai Jie’s heart was heavy.
“Xiao Fan…”
Han Bing suddenly stood up and said, “Get someone to look after him. I’m going to work.” He was actually avoiding the topic.
Cai Jie opened her mouth but did not say anything.
Han Luofan rushed out of the Han family home and drove to a small river in the suburbs alone. Han Luofan took off his clothes and plunged into the cold river. He dived into the bottom of the river and curled up into a ball. He was not looking for death. He just wanted to calm down.
However, when the chauffeur saw him like this, he thought that he was courting death. He immediately jumped down and pulled him out of the river.
The chauffeur called Han Bing as he sent him home.
Han Luofan was fine, but he was slapped by Han Bing, who had rushed over after receiving the call.
“Impressive! You even know how to court death!”
Han Bing was so angry that he was trembling.
Han Luofan did not speak. After he took a hot shower, he felt much better now. Han Bing was so angry that he was too weak and turned to leave. At this moment, Han Luofan, who was curled up on the bed, suddenly said, “When I was young, you never attended my parent-teacher meeting.”
Han Bing stopped in his tracks and did not turn around.
“You never check my homework.”
“You never brought me out to play or buy me a toy.”
“You always work late into the night. I couldn’t see you for a long time. Mom said that you would come to my room to see me after work. There were a few times when I waited in my room for you to get off work. When you came back, I quickly jumped onto the bed and pretended to be asleep. I thought you would come into my room to see me.”
Han Bing finally turned around and saw Han Luofan’s indignant eyes. He said, “You didn’t come in once. Mom lied to me.”
